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    "id": 1184207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "plant, will not do that because the seeds will have acquired the genes of the seeds that do not propagate themselves further. The effect is that we will have to buy seeds all the time and those seeds are patented. What they want to do is to bring a few seeds to contaminate our seeds. Once that is done, we will depend on them. This is something to worry about. Thirdly, this debate has come because farmers are saying that they have maize which is not being bought and maize is being imported. Do we need to make any further considerations? If people say that they have maize, then the question comes: Why are you importing maize, GMO or not? There must be other motives. To me, it is as simple as that. There are other motives and therefore, I will support the Motion and look at it very simply. All the evidence available says that we do not need them at this time. Let us ask ourselves whether we have shortage of food because we are not using GMO seeds. Our problem with food is to do with our agriculture. Where are our extension workers? How are our irrigation schemes working? We cannot solve this problem of our…"
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